All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

To register your interest please contact collegesales@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching. This book chronicles the complete evolutionary history of insects--their living ...

The 16-ounce jar of peanut butter in your pantry can contain up to 136 insect parts before it is deemed contaminated, according to the FDA’s Food Defect Action Levels guide. This may sound ...

As the vertebrate monsters have waxed and waned, the insects have gone on mating and hatching and, as they do, populating every swamp, tree, and patch of soil. We talk about the age of dinosaurs ...

Edible insects are often portrayed as something of a sustainable superfood - an environmentally friendly alternative to livestock. But who is already eating them and do they actually taste any good?

The sterile insect technique is an environmentally-friendly insect pest control method involving the mass-rearing and sterilization, using radiation, of a target pest, followed by the systematic ...

Insects aren't just an unusual accompaniment to wine. Eating them could help sustain Earth's booming population, as Museum scientist Dr Duncan Sivell reveals. Superhero movies may be popular right now ...

Some of them are very strange-looking, aren't they? These bugs are called insects. Insects come in all different shapes and sizes. They live everywhere and there are millions and millions of them ...

We associate insect ingestion with reality television shows like Fear Factor, which week-after-week portrays contestants wolfing down everything from live cockroaches to plump caterpillars.

How the life cycles of blowflies help work out when someone died. 3. Insects were first used to solve a crime in 13th-century China The first documented case of insects being used in forensic work ...

Find out how to build a simple bug hotel. Ladybirds and other insects will be grateful for the shelter provided by this pine cone palace. Find a sheltered spot in the garden or a shed. Push three pine ...

Insect brains have many similarities to human brains, including a brainstem-like structure, two hemispheres, and a spinal cord equivalent ...